Reproduction note:
Electronic reproduction; Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2167:3)
Origination:
Footnote:
Imperfect: cropped, with loss of print
Signatures: A-D⁸
Black letter
Tail-piece; initials; title vignette (candle burning in a bottle)
D₈ verso is blank
STC (2nd ed.), 13480.7
Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, 147.5
A compilation of translated material from a number of earlier writers, primarily Girolamo Cardano, but also including Mizauld, Bartholomew Anglicus, J.J. Wecker, and Albertus Magnus; the possibility exists that Hill originated some of the material himself. Cf. Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, p. 41-42
Reproduction of original in: University of Texas at Austin. Library
First extant edition 1581, but evidence exists indicating editions in 1567 and 1568. Cf. Hall, p. 35-40